18:13, 09 марта 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Maria ORLOVA
The Foreign Ministers of Russia and Ukraine will meet in Turkey. Russian media report.
According to RIA Novosti, Ukrainian Minister Dmitry Kuleba called expectations from negotiations with Sergei Lavrov «restrained». «Our interest is to cease fire, liberate Ukraine and resolve humanitarian issues,» he said.
Spokesman for the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the upcoming meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia and Ukraine is very important for the negotiation process between Moscow and Kiev, TASS reports. «This is a continuation of the negotiation process, very important one. Let’s not run ahead, let’s wait for the meeting itself,» he said.
Earlier, the Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said a trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Ukraine and Russia would be held in Antalya on March 10.
The hostilities in Ukraine are ongoing. Russia started a special military operation on February 24, 2022. The number of military and civilian casualties continues to grow. Many countries have imposed and continue to impose severe sanctions against Russia.